When All Means Fail
David Wilkerson
Last blog entry prior to his death. April 27, 2011
To believe when all means fail is exceedingly pleasing to God and is most acceptable. Jesus said to Thomas, “You have believed because you have seen, but blessed are those that do believe and have not seen” (John 20:29).
Blessed are those who believe when there is no evidence of an answer to prayer—who trust beyond hope when all means have failed.
Someone has come to the place of hopelessness—the end of hope—the end of all means. A loved one is facing death and doctors give no hope. Death seems inevitable. Hope is gone. The miracle prayed for is not happening.
That is when Satan’s hordes come to attack your mind with fear, anger, overwhelming questions: “Where is your God now? You prayed until you had no tears left. You fasted. You stood on promises. You trusted.”
Blasphemous thoughts will be injected into your mind: “Prayer failed. Faith failed. Don’t quit on God—just do not trust him anymore. It doesn’t pay!”
Even questioning God’s existence will be injected into your mind. These have been the devices of Satan for centuries. Some of the godliest men and women who ever lived were under such demonic attacks.
To those going through the valley and shadow of death, hear this word: Weeping will last through some dark, awful nights—and in that darkness you will soon hear the Father whisper, “I am with you. I cannot tell you why right now, but one day it will all make sense. You will see it was all part of my plan. It was no accident. It was no failure on your part. Hold fast. Let me embrace you in your hour of pain.”
Beloved, God has never failed to act but in goodness and love. When all means fail—his love prevails. Hold fast to your faith. Stand fast in his Word. There is no other hope in this world.
Thursday, April 28, 2011
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
A Lighted Lamp
Rebekah M
What does it mean to be a lighted lamp? What is light, anyway?
The dictionary has 15 meanings for light. The scientific definition for light is that is it a “visible radiation about 0.4 to 0.7 microns in wavelength considered in terms of its luminous efficiency, that is, evaluated in proportion to its ability to stimulate the sense of night.” In Physics, light is “an electromagnetic radiation that can produce a visual sensation”.
God has a lot to say about light. In fact, in the beginning, God said, “Let there be light”, and there was light.
God first created the heavens and the earth. The earth was formless, shapeless, full of water, and dark. The Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters and then God, (Elohim in Hebrew), said, “Let there be light”. And there was light. And God saw the light, that it was good, and God divided light from darkness. God called the light “Day”, and the darkness He called “Night”.
From the beginning Elohim (God) made a distinct separation between light and darkness, day and night. Then on the fourth day Elohim created the lights in the firmament (sky), resumable the sun to light the day and the moon to rule the night, and also the stars. The creation of light and the creation of light sources are two different events.
(Hebrew words in brackets)
- Light (Or) Darkness (Cho-shek)
- Day (Yom) Night (Layil, Layla)
- Sun (Shemesh) Moon (Yareach) and Stars (Kokab)
- Life(Chai, pronounced Cha-ee) Death (Maveth)
We know that Light means Life. Without light, life on this earth would cease. Plants would stop generating food. A lot of processes shut down. Without light there is no life.
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Rebekah M
What does it mean to be a lighted lamp? What is light, anyway?
The dictionary has 15 meanings for light. The scientific definition for light is that is it a “visible radiation about 0.4 to 0.7 microns in wavelength considered in terms of its luminous efficiency, that is, evaluated in proportion to its ability to stimulate the sense of night.” In Physics, light is “an electromagnetic radiation that can produce a visual sensation”.
God has a lot to say about light. In fact, in the beginning, God said, “Let there be light”, and there was light.
God first created the heavens and the earth. The earth was formless, shapeless, full of water, and dark. The Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters and then God, (Elohim in Hebrew), said, “Let there be light”. And there was light. And God saw the light, that it was good, and God divided light from darkness. God called the light “Day”, and the darkness He called “Night”.
From the beginning Elohim (God) made a distinct separation between light and darkness, day and night. Then on the fourth day Elohim created the lights in the firmament (sky), resumable the sun to light the day and the moon to rule the night, and also the stars. The creation of light and the creation of light sources are two different events.
(Hebrew words in brackets)
- Light (Or) Darkness (Cho-shek)
- Day (Yom) Night (Layil, Layla)
- Sun (Shemesh) Moon (Yareach) and Stars (Kokab)
- Life(Chai, pronounced Cha-ee) Death (Maveth)
We know that Light means Life. Without light, life on this earth would cease. Plants would stop generating food. A lot of processes shut down. Without light there is no life.
Read rest of article
Monday, April 25, 2011
Remembering the Future
By Yanki Tauber (chabad.org Passover 2011)
(Helpful Passover thoughts from our Hebraic roots)
"In every generation," say our sages, "a person is obligated to see himself as if he himself has come out of Egypt."
Mitzrayim, the Hebrew word for "Egypt," means "boundaries" and "constrictions"; yetziat mitzrayim, "going out of Egypt," is the endeavor to rise above all that inhibits the soul of man, be it limitations imposed by an outside force, or the physical, psychological or spiritual limitations imposed by habit and nature.
One of the most constricting elements of the human condition is the phenomenon of time. Time carries off the past and holds off the future, confining our lives to a temporal sliver of "present." But on the first night of Passover we break the bonds of time, having received a mandate to experience the Exodus "as if he himself has come out of Egypt." We recall the Exodus in our minds, verbalize it in the telling of the Haggadah, digest it in the form of matzah and wine. As we passover the centuries, memory -- those faded visages of past that generally constitute our only answer to the tyranny of time -- becomes experience, and history is made current and real.
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By Yanki Tauber (chabad.org Passover 2011)
(Helpful Passover thoughts from our Hebraic roots)
"In every generation," say our sages, "a person is obligated to see himself as if he himself has come out of Egypt."
Mitzrayim, the Hebrew word for "Egypt," means "boundaries" and "constrictions"; yetziat mitzrayim, "going out of Egypt," is the endeavor to rise above all that inhibits the soul of man, be it limitations imposed by an outside force, or the physical, psychological or spiritual limitations imposed by habit and nature.
One of the most constricting elements of the human condition is the phenomenon of time. Time carries off the past and holds off the future, confining our lives to a temporal sliver of "present." But on the first night of Passover we break the bonds of time, having received a mandate to experience the Exodus "as if he himself has come out of Egypt." We recall the Exodus in our minds, verbalize it in the telling of the Haggadah, digest it in the form of matzah and wine. As we passover the centuries, memory -- those faded visages of past that generally constitute our only answer to the tyranny of time -- becomes experience, and history is made current and real.
Rest of article
Sunday, April 24, 2011
Intimacy and Profitability
…. and, behold, the girdle was marred, it was profitable for nothing. (Jer 13:7)
Programs and activities are always the easy part. It takes discipline to purposefully lay aside what we think is right to do to allow His priorities to take precedent. To know His will is to die to ours. To know He is God requires our abandonment to busyness and achievement (Psa 46:10). Never mistake busyness for even ‘godly’ matters as the gage for spirituality.
The opposite is equally devastating. Not taking necessary action in obedience leads to slothfulness, faith requires action (Jas 2:14).
Intimacy with the Savior is never sentimental, it will challenge everything that we stood and acted for (John 21:17). True love is about the other’s concern (Phil 2:3), never complaining about the thing He asks us to do. There will come an occasion when the Master will untie the girdle of intimacy to wipe feet (John 13:5). The deepest intimacy with Jesus leads to profitability which nary a complain regardless how mundane the task. Profitability for the Kingdom of God comes after intimacy and serving out of intimacy is the right divine order.
Saturday, April 23, 2011
Monday, April 18, 2011
The Significance of Passover - Dr. Michael Brown
April 14, 2011
How does the Passover point to Jesus? Is it just a Jewish holiday, or does it have meaning to believers in Jesus today? Join Dr. Brown as he talks about the prophetic significance of passover!
Hour 1:
Dr. Brown’s Bottom Line: There ought to be no separation between Passover and Easter on our calendars; and where there is a separation, let the church join with the Jewish community and celebrate the Passover season, the death and resurrection of Jesus season–along with the Jewish Passover, unleavened bread calendar. And let us emphasize not Easter egg hunts, but the death and resurrection of the Messiah, and within the context of the Passover let us provoke the Jewish people to jealousy by showing them not only was there redemption from Egypt, but there is redemption from sin and death. The Messiah has come, and He will come again, in accordance with the Scriptures.
Hour 2:
Dr. Brown’s Bottom Line: Jesus’ death and resurrection must be central. If you are able to do that in conjunction with the Passover season and incorporate that into the Jewish calendar, all the better. It has biblical roots, and it will further identify our faith with the Jewish people, and perhaps even more, provoke the Jews to jealousy. If the Good Friday, Resurrection Sunday schedule is sacred to you, as long as Jesus is central and He is exalted, and as long as you do not separate that in your thinking from the Passover and your Jewish roots, so be it! Hold to Jesus, hold to your roots, and move forward!
Sunday, April 17, 2011
Judgment
She said, No man, Lord. And Jesus said unto her, Neither do I condemn thee: go, and sin no more. (John 8:11)
When sinners confront the Holy God, what would He say? When sinners confront us our stature of self righteousness wells up and lay a condemnation that he or she must attain to ‘my’ standard. Jesus did not lay condemnation but just declared over them ‘go, and sin no more’. In judging sinners, the Holy, Holy, Holy God does not put the sinner down, trample and squash them till they cannot rise above their sin. That is what we do. His words are loving, ‘go, and sin no more’, that is ‘I have given you power not to walk in sin anymore, my child, live in that promise’ (Jer 31:34). There is power of life that is imparted. But we can potentially impart death (Prov 18:21), remember, don’t be the one to drive the last nail into the coffin.
She said, No man, Lord. And Jesus said unto her, Neither do I condemn thee: go, and sin no more. (John 8:11)
When sinners confront the Holy God, what would He say? When sinners confront us our stature of self righteousness wells up and lay a condemnation that he or she must attain to ‘my’ standard. Jesus did not lay condemnation but just declared over them ‘go, and sin no more’. In judging sinners, the Holy, Holy, Holy God does not put the sinner down, trample and squash them till they cannot rise above their sin. That is what we do. His words are loving, ‘go, and sin no more’, that is ‘I have given you power not to walk in sin anymore, my child, live in that promise’ (Jer 31:34). There is power of life that is imparted. But we can potentially impart death (Prov 18:21), remember, don’t be the one to drive the last nail into the coffin.
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
Being Effective for the Kingdom
It is neither fit for the land, nor yet for the dunghill; but men cast it out. He that hath ears to hear, let him hear. (Luke 14:35)
Jesus said we are salt of the earth (Matt 5:13), no requirements of standard of holiness, spiritual maturity nor any form of achievement. It is not a potential that we have to live up to, but as ones saved by grace the 'being salt' has become ours intrinsically. It is God’s gift to His beloved children, but it requires that we are warned that we can lose this state of our being and the consequences is devastating (Matt 5:13).
Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain…..(John 15:16)
Salt and fruitfulness; Jesus was using salt not from the domestic kitchen sense but from agricultural benefit. Israel is a big producer of potash, the form of salt widely used as fertilizers. We have been chosen to call forth those who are in darkness into the Kingdom of Light (1 Pet 2:9) in alignment with the Father’s heart that none perish (2 Pet 3:9). Not many, not a few, but none perish. We sow, but He gives the increase (1 Cor 3:7) of thirty, sixty and some a hundred fold (Mark 4:20). Fruitfulness in souls is the aim of the Kingdom.
Your glorying is not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump? (1Cor 5:6)
Secondly, sin leads to contagious corruption and finally destruction. Jesus beckons us to be antiseptic in dung heap of the world to eliminate the spread of evil (1 Cor 15:33). There are many in darkness who desires to come into the light, the Lord of the Harvest will reveal to us that the harvest is truly great (Luke 10:2). What would be our response to that revelation? Pray and be those who would be willing in the day of His power (Psa 110:3) and we have been duly endued (Luke 24:49).
The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; and he that winneth souls is wise. (Pro 11:30)
There is great wisdom in our ministry to reconcile man to God (2 Cor 5:18), lasting fruits of righteousness that bring God the glory (Phil 1:11) through the furtherance of the Gospel (Phil 1:12), this is the heart beat that is the pumping life force that drives the early church to see the coming Kingdom established on earth as it is in heaven (Matt 24:14). God’s plan cannot fail; it is whether I fail to fall in line or out of line with His divine will.
It is neither fit for the land, nor yet for the dunghill; but men cast it out. He that hath ears to hear, let him hear. (Luke 14:35)
Jesus said we are salt of the earth (Matt 5:13), no requirements of standard of holiness, spiritual maturity nor any form of achievement. It is not a potential that we have to live up to, but as ones saved by grace the 'being salt' has become ours intrinsically. It is God’s gift to His beloved children, but it requires that we are warned that we can lose this state of our being and the consequences is devastating (Matt 5:13).
Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain…..(John 15:16)
Salt and fruitfulness; Jesus was using salt not from the domestic kitchen sense but from agricultural benefit. Israel is a big producer of potash, the form of salt widely used as fertilizers. We have been chosen to call forth those who are in darkness into the Kingdom of Light (1 Pet 2:9) in alignment with the Father’s heart that none perish (2 Pet 3:9). Not many, not a few, but none perish. We sow, but He gives the increase (1 Cor 3:7) of thirty, sixty and some a hundred fold (Mark 4:20). Fruitfulness in souls is the aim of the Kingdom.
Your glorying is not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump? (1Cor 5:6)
Secondly, sin leads to contagious corruption and finally destruction. Jesus beckons us to be antiseptic in dung heap of the world to eliminate the spread of evil (1 Cor 15:33). There are many in darkness who desires to come into the light, the Lord of the Harvest will reveal to us that the harvest is truly great (Luke 10:2). What would be our response to that revelation? Pray and be those who would be willing in the day of His power (Psa 110:3) and we have been duly endued (Luke 24:49).
The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; and he that winneth souls is wise. (Pro 11:30)
There is great wisdom in our ministry to reconcile man to God (2 Cor 5:18), lasting fruits of righteousness that bring God the glory (Phil 1:11) through the furtherance of the Gospel (Phil 1:12), this is the heart beat that is the pumping life force that drives the early church to see the coming Kingdom established on earth as it is in heaven (Matt 24:14). God’s plan cannot fail; it is whether I fail to fall in line or out of line with His divine will.
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